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News Briefs

June: We congratulate Dr. Guoyun Chen, MD, PhD, on his recent grant award for Septic Shock
Research. Dr. Chen is an assistant professor and works with the Critical Care faculty
and fellows on research projects.

Congratulations to Dr. Nadeem Shafi on receiving the first Doug Hixson Award from
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in recognition of his collaboration with nursing. The
bedside nursing staff throughout Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital presented this award
to Dr. Shafi who they felt embodied the characteristics of Dr. Doug Hixson, a beloved
pediatric surgeon at Le Bonheur and UTHSC for 30 years. For more information please
visit Dr. Shafi's bio page.

March: Please join us as we congratulate Dr. Mark Bugnitz, recipient of the Department of
Pediatrics 2014 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Bugnitz is recognized
for his innovation in teaching style, resident/student collective opinion, invited
professorships, involvement in multiple teaching activities, and implementation of
programs to improve educational experiences for faculty and trainees. Nominations
were invited from the Pediatric Department’s faculty, trainees and Division Chiefs.
For more information visit Dr. Bugnitz' faculty page. Congratulations!

We are proud to announce that Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand has been elected as Fellow of the
Royal Society of Medicine and Fellow of the Leading Causes of Life Initiative. For
more information please visit Dr. Anand's bio page.